CEDAR RAPIDS, Mich. — A cold misty, rain did not deter more than 200 registered bidders from attending the old-fashioned country auction held by Art Smith.

This auction was a true estate auction. There were items of interest for a large variety of attendees. There were tools, farm equipment, and lawn and garden items balanced by a large selection of items in the house including furniture, glassware, pottery, and collectibles including inkwells, coins, and clocks.

The clocks came in a large variety of sizes and descriptions including mantel, wall, and even a traveling carriage clock with an alarm. One of the most desired timepieces was a mantel clock by Tiffany of New York. This fine example sold for $425. An Ansonia mantel clock with a marble/bronze base with twin bronze lady figurines on either side of the dial face, each holding a fish and birds was also highly popular and sold for $450.

An Ithaca calendar clock from the mid-1800s found several interested bidders resulting in spirited bidding before the gavel fell at $675. An Ansonia china clock saw $220; a Hamann & Kock portable carriage clock earned $210; and Regulator wall clocks found final bids of $120 to $230.

An 18k Locle “straight-line” no. 44717 lever key-wind pocket watch found a considerable amount of interest selling for $425.

Several very nice pieces of furniture, including many in oak, were brought to the block. An oak Macey four-drawer file cabinet sold for $300; an oak hall tree with a seat, mirror and hooks saw $270; and an oak curved-glass china cabinet saw $290.

A lift-top desk with a hidden drawer crossed the block for $85; a curio cabinet saw $200; and an oak secretary/bookcase with a mirror earned $225. Items with marble tops included: a marble-top commode with teardrop pulls that found a new owner for $205; a marble-top dresser with lamp shelves and a mirror that earned $210; and a marble-top occasional table that sold for $70.

An Edison floor model crank phonograph No. C-19 accompanied by some records crossed the block garnering a final bid of $125. A server with leaded glass doors, claw feet and a mirrored back had some damage but crossed the block for $250.

A lamp table with an inlaid rose on the top sold for $90; a glass ball and claw foot organ stool earned $75; one of several dressers saw $155; and a settee crossed the block for $115.

While the furniture, lamps, antiques, collectibles and more. were being sold under tents, those interested in the farm equipment, tools and the like were out in the field in the second ring. There were small items including hand tools, lawn and shop equipment, and large items for use in the field. An ASV (Caterpillar affiliate) Model RC-30 all-service loader with a Perkins 31.4-horsepower, 3-cylinder diesel, a hydraulic drive, rubber tracks with front-hydraulic outlets led them all with a final selling price of $9,500. A front-mount Brush Wolf brush hog to fit the RC-30 loader earned $1,000;

An Allis-Chalmers Model D-14 tractor with a wide front, a rebuilt gas engine with one hour on it, new front tires, a new clutch, and new paint sold for $1,400; a pair of Allis-Chalmers 3-point forks saw $120; and a cultipacker crossed the block for $130.

Other equipment included: an Improved Hocking Valley floor-model hand corn sheller that sold for $70; a worksite Knaack toolbox with a lift lid and on castors earned $190; a Miller Port-A-Welder saw $375; and a barn beam drill crossed the block for $55.

Ridgid items included a 36-inch wrench that sold for $60; a tripod vise that earned $75; and a pipe threader set that saw a final bid of $225. Among the Milwaukee items a Port-A-Band saw sold for $160; and a sawzall sold for $40.

For the patio there was a stainless steel Char-Broil gas grill with a side burner that sold for $150; and an item that could come in very hand at this time of the year (autumn) a cider press sold for $375.

Included among the guns that crossed the block a Winchester Model 1300 Ranger 10 guage pump gun sold for $185; a Mossberg Model 151K .22 auto-load with a scope sold for $95; and $80 was the final bid for the Pardner 410 gauge. Several lamps of various sizes including table lamps and floor lamps found final selling prices of $130 to $150. To call you in from the field at dinnertime there was a No. 3 dinner bell with a post yoke that sold for $110; and, to use in lieu of the clothes dryer, a clothes drying rack earned $100. A Merrick’s spool cabinet that crossed the block for $310.

Instead of carrying your water in a throwaway plastic bottle you could store you water in a crockery water jug and the one offered in this auction sold for $275. Make your own sausage and use the sausage press that sold for $60.

For grinding your coffee there was a coffee mill that sold for $70; for that extra gallon of gas there was a gas can dated 1881 that earned $125; to keep track of the wind direction there was a weather vane that saw $120; and to haul your items around there was a four-wheel cart that crossed the block for $100.

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